hire laborers; hired worker
Meanings
3 senses · 9 examplesverb
to hire laborers or workers
formalFormal or legal term for employing labor.
The farm owner needs to hire workers to harvest the crops.
This factory requires workers to be at least eighteen years old.
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The law prohibits hiring workers for dangerous jobs.
noun
hired worker; laborer
neutralRefers to a person who works for wages, often in manual or agricultural labor.
He is a hired worker at this construction site.
These hired workers work ten hours a day.
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The rights of hired laborers should be protected by law.
noun
hired farmhand; agricultural laborer
Specifically refers to a poor peasant hired to work on farmland. Now somewhat dated but used in historical or sociological contexts.
In the old society, many peasants could only work as hired farmhands.
This old man was a hired farmhand when he was young, and his life was very hard.
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Historical materials about hired agricultural laborers reflect the social structure of that time.